If the grout color does not blend the whole natural effect of that wood look is lost and you are simply left with a regular patterned tile look.
Wood look tile grout color.
Best tools for grouting wood look plank tiles.
If you re trying to unify your tile such as with a wood look tile floor go for a close match that s a little bit lighter than your tile.
To achieve a true genuine wood look the grout lines must blend seamlessly or else it just reverts back to the standard tile and grout look.
The grout options the builder has provided through customs don t truly match the variation of colors on the tile and i m left with either saddle brown 59 or charcoal 60 to choose from with a 3 16 grout line.
However matching grout colors exactly to a tile is very difficult.
Normally the natural choice when selecting grout for tile is to match the grout color to the surface of the tile as closely as possible.
However in our experience we ve come to realize that when choosing a grout color for wood looks it s best to select a darker color.
Since hardwood floors don t have much of a joint you don t want your tile to either.
We are building a home and have decided on porcelain wood tile for our entire first floor daltile saddle brook color walnut creek.
Though it is a wood look it is still tile and subject to its own limitations.
A narrow grout line looks great but the installer has to be good to succeed with a properly laid tile.
This tricks the eye into thinking that the grout lines are shadow around the wood planks especially if you have a rectified edge tile and really small grout lines.
The floor in particular is a 300 600 wood grain tile it has an eighth of an inch grout line and i m using sanded grout and giving you some tips on how to go about grouting at a flaw mix.
However with wood look tile you really don t want the grout to steal the show you want it to disappear.
If you want to highlight a color or accent in your tile like the gray veins in a marble tile go for a close match or a bit darker than that shade in your tile.
However many times it is quite difficult to get the grout color to blend just right with the tiles.
Many times the actual grout color looks different than the sample swab or stick you may have used to choose the grout.
The wood look tile can handle a bit of grout and still look right.
To be exact try to match the grout color to the darkest vein in the wood.
However to truly have that genuine wood appearance the grout color is crucial.
Better to plan ahead than to have a problem later.